Category: chips

TSMC Raises Expectations for Revenue Growth Despite a Slowdown in Chip Industry

TSMC, a world-leading chip maker located in Taiwan, has seen its shares drop sharply amid an overall slowdown in the industry but is expected to maintain its dominant position with stronger revenue growth targets than last year. Speaking at an investor conference on July 12, TSMC CEO C.C. Wei said that the company has raised this…


Rewind, Review, and Re-Rate: ‘CHIPS’: Lowbrow but Quite Funny

R | 1h 40m |Action, Comedy, Crime | March 23, 2017 Dax Shepard is a Hollywood “triple-threat” actor, that is, an actor who acts, writes, and directs (the New York triple-threat version acts, sings, and dances in Broadway musicals). Shepard also races and stunt rides top-end Ducati motorcycles. So who better to make a movie version of the…


Samsung Elec Starts 3-Nanometre Chip Production to Lure New Foundry Customers

SEOUL—Samsung Electronics Co Ltd. said on Thursday it has begun mass producing chips with advanced 3-nanometre technology, the first to do so globally, as it seeks new clients to catch far bigger rival TSMC in contract chip manufacturing. Compared with conventional 5-nanometre chips, the newly developed first-gen 3-nanometre process can reduce power consumption by up…


Russia Limits Exports of Noble Gases, a Key Ingredient for Making Chips

Sanctions-hit Russia has limited exports of noble gases such as neon, a key ingredient for making chips, until the end of 2022 to strengthen its market position, its trade ministry said on Thursday. Russia’s export curbs could worsen the supply crunch in the global chips market. Ukraine was one of the world’s largest suppliers of…


Xi’s New State-Driven Innovation Strategy Could Be a Disaster for China

News Analysis China is preparing to turn a nearly 40-year-old industrial development strategy on its head. Since the early 1980s, Beijing’s approach to technological and industrial progress was to import it, mainly by entering into joint ventures with foreign firms that provided high technology and startup. Eventually, the Chinese would reverse-engineer the technology and make—and…


USDA: Grocery Prices to go even higher; Germany Prepares for Energy Emergency | NTD Business

Food prices expected to go even higher this year– for many kitchen staples and for eating out. We have the numbers. A new report shedding light on global demand for micro chips. Is it up or down? And what does China have to do with it? Germany preparing for an energy emergency, in case Russia stops oil…


Russian Invasion of Ukraine Erodes Taiwan’s Chip Shield

News Analysis One theory on why the Chinese regime has not invaded Taiwan is that an invasion would interrupt the flow of microchips that are necessary for nearly all forms of technology, including weapons. Now, the war in Ukraine may disrupt the supply of necessary inputs of microchips, eroding Taiwan’s “chip shield.” Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing…


China Loses More in US-China Technology Decoupling, Peking University Report Reveals

The U.S.-China technology war has brought decoupling between the two big powers. Both sides are bracing for losses in the technological and industrial sectors. However, China’s losses are significantly greater than those of the United States, a report by a research institute of Peking University reveals. A Jan. 31 report by Peking University’s International Institute…


Dearth of Chips Drives UK Car Production to Lowest Since 1956

LONDON—British car production last year fell to its lowest since 1956, largely due to a global shortage of semiconductor chips that caused automakers to slow or shutter plants while waiting for parts, an industry group said on Thursday. The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) said production fell 6.7 percent from 2020 to 859,575…


Salt and Vinegar Zucchini Chips (Recipe)

Everyone seems to love a good chip. However, chips commonly found in stores contain non-organic potatoes, iodized salt, and less than desirable fats. This is very easy to clean up without a serious sacrifice in taste, and with that, zucchini chips were born. Purpose The purpose of this recipe is to provide a healthier alternative…